Two Dimensional Hard-Soft Law Theory and the Advancement of Women's and LGBTQ+ Rights Through Free Trade Agreements

Bhala, Raj; Cody, Wood

dc.contributor.author	Bhala, Raj
dc.contributor.author	Cody, Wood
dc.date.accessioned	2019-04-22T14:43:57Z
dc.date.available	2019-04-22T14:43:57Z
dc.date.issued	2019
dc.identifier.citation	47 Ga. J. Int'l & Comp. L	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27757
dc.description.abstract	What should free trade agreements (FTAs) say about gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity? No longer is “nothing” the only answer. The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for a Trans Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) now discuss the rights of women and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other (LGBTQ+) persons. They do so in Articles 23.4 and 23.9, respectively. But, these provisions are soft law. These Articles ought to be strengthened to advance women’s and LGBTQ+ rights. That is, we argue gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity should be effectively addressed through hard law legal structures using hard law language that incorporates empirical insights.	en_US
dc.publisher	Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law	en_US
dc.relation.hasversion	https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3376051	en_US
dc.subject	Free trade agreements	en_US
dc.subject	FTA
dc.subject	Gender
dc.subject	Sexual orientation
dc.subject	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for a Trans Pacific Partnership
dc.subject	CPTPP
dc.subject	United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
dc.subject	USMCA
dc.subject	Women
dc.subject	LGBTQ
dc.title	Two Dimensional Hard-Soft Law Theory and the Advancement of Women's and LGBTQ+ Rights Through Free Trade Agreements	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
kusw.kuauthor	Bhala, Raj
kusw.kudepartment	Law	en_US
kusw.oaversion	Scholarly/refereed, publisher version	en_US
kusw.oapolicy	This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria.	en_US
dc.rights.accessrights	openAccess	en_US

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